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Insane Asylums: A Short Story

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“Thump! Thump! Thump!” The two teens were startled by the noise as they crept down the dim-lit hallway. “Thump! Thump! Thump!” They saw light flashing beneath a cobweb-covered door and they were certain this was where they were supposed to be. When they opened the heavy door, the large room could only be described in one word: Chaos. Fellow high school students everywhere, thumping music blaring from a speaker, lights of all colors flashing disturbingly; yep, this was definitely the average, unorganized high school party. Except, this particular party happened to be at the abandoned insane asylum of Good Rivers Michigan. For some reason no one had ever blocked off the entrances or said anything against going into the musky building, but the whole Abandoned Insane Asylum thing was kind of self explanatory. The party …show more content…

Kevin banged on the heavy door.“This is not funny guys, and how did you even lock the door?” he was only answered by giggling from outside.
“There has to be another door or a window we could use to escape!” Nina said frantically. They decided to split up.
”I’ll go with Nina because she’s like the least annoying out of you guys, but that’s like, not saying much.” Jennifer explained
“Thanks.” Nina spoke sarcastically. So the five split up, no luck. the other doors were dead bolted and the windows were nailed shut. Kevin decided to throw a chair at a window on the second floor “This should work.” he declared surely. The old, wooden chair snapped by the impact but the window did not even crack.
“There’s no way out, until you’ve been treated…” a horrifying voice screeched. Then the voice was followed by tormented screams, hundreds of tormented screams. The boys scrambled down the stairs yelling in fear.
“The creepy, asylum doctor tried to kill us!” Andrew whimpered, his dark, greasy hair sticking straight up.
“Why would we even come to this lame party anyway?” Jennifer asked “You got me there.”Nina

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